WALTZING MATILDA
Sir-Happening to be looking up back numbers of The Listener I came across some questions about "Waltzing Matilda." Here are my answers. A billabong hole is a waterhole. In the clay country of Western Victoria the country is pitted with billabongs, like shell holes. Some are a good size with water in them, and when you are catching your horse, he may plunge into one, and you’re done then. There are no stones to chuck at him, but you might find a piece of wood. I never heard of a billabong tree, but perhaps it is the tree alongside the billabong with a big eagle-hawk eyeing you from it.
A.
A.
(Raglan).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 170, 25 September 1942, Page 3
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114WALTZING MATILDA New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 170, 25 September 1942, Page 3
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